diff --git a/repositories/tenantRepository.go b/repositories/tenantRepository.go
index 1e9405e..72e44b9 100644
--- a/repositories/tenantRepository.go
+++ b/repositories/tenantRepository.go
@@ -547,6 +547,11 @@ func (r *tenantRepository) CreateTenantUser(data models.Tenants) (bool, error) {
 	user.Tenantid = data.Tenantid
 	user.Locationid = data.Tenantlocations.Locationid
 	user.Roleid = 1
+	// The onboarding form never sends a tenant configid, so copier.Copy left
+	// this at zero — AppLogin's GetUserByAuthname always queries configid=1
+	// for the web login, so a zero here makes the account permanently
+	// unfindable by email no matter what's typed.
+	user.Configid = 1
 
 	if err := tx.Table("app_users").Create(&user).Error; err != nil {
 		tx.Rollback()